Tony Stewart’s Chase for the Sprint Cup hopes could be over after he suffered a broken leg in a sprint car crash Monday night.

Even if Stewart misses just two races — and it appears he will miss several as a surgically repaired right leg likely means he can’t work the pedals in his car — he would lose several spots in the Sprint Cup standings.

Stewart is 11th in points, just five points outside the top 10. He also is in position for a Chase wild card with his win at Dover. The top 10 in points make the Chase, plus two drivers from 11th-20th with the most wins.

Ironically, Ryan Newman, Stewart’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, could be the biggest benefactor of Stewart’s injury. Newman’s win two weeks ago at Indy put him in position for a Chase wild card.

Martin Truex Jr., who is 14th in points, and Newman (15th) are two other drivers 11th-20th with just one win.

Stewart is expected to miss this weekend’s race at Watkins Glen after having surgery Monday night.

By missing one race (he has averaged 28.3 points a race this year), Stewart likely would fall more than 30 points behind 10th-place Greg Biffle. Just 19 points ahead of Newman, he also likely would fall behind Newman in the standings and the wild-car race after missing just one race.

If he misses two races, he likely would be a full race (48 points) behind Newman, a virtually insurmountable deficit with just three races to go before the Chase.

Stewart’s absence also could help the Chase chances of Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch — all winless drivers battling to make the top 10 in points.

Gordon is ninth in the standings, just eight points ahead of Stewart. He’s 10 points ahead of 12th-place Keselowski and 14 ahead of 13th-place Busch.

Those three drivers, as well as Truex, have a better shot for a top-10 points finish with Stewart sidelined.

It also could help Biffle — who has a win — should he fall out of the top 10 in points.